Observer Name
Kyle Toohey
Observation Date
Friday, January 9, 2026
Avalanche Date
Friday, January 9, 2026
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » White Pine » Red Top
Location Name or Route
Long John Silver
Elevation
10,800'
Aspect
West
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Depth
2'
Width
175'
Comments
Long John Silver slid fairly sizably, on the old/new interface. Failure most likely occurred within the graupel density change given the depth of the slide. It did not step down into weaker layers below.
Slide ran ~1,000ft and started small but ultimately spread out to 150-200ft wide toward the bottom of the debris pile. Almost the whole upper starting zone ripped but didn’t entrain all tue snow available on the flanks as it came down.
SS-NU-R3/D2-I
Debris and/or crowns from older avalanches were also oversved on:
East side of White Baldy. Rather large 1,000’s of feet wide underneath the majority of the cliff band
Between Dog Dish and Rainbow Peak
Lake Chute on Lake Peak
Main face and skiers left chutes on Red Baldy
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